Damian OxboroughComments Off on Carleton Ladies Choir’s 5th Successful Summer Concert
I’m always proud to tell people that I am the Musical Director of Carleton Ladies Choir, but never more so than after evenings like last night: the concert we put on at Carleton Village Hall was an enormous success. Accompanied at the piano by Peter Gunn, the choir performed a really varied programme of songs. These included Take These Wings by… Read more »
Damian OxboroughComments Off on Breathing Exercise – The ‘Candle’ Warm-Up
Over the years that I’ve been teaching singing in schools and theatre schools (and singing in choirs and other vocal groups myself), I have witnessed, led or taken part in hundreds of vocal warm-ups. Often these can be formulaic: the same pattern of exercises run through week in and week out, rehearsal after rehearsal, often taught as a matter of… Read more »
Damian OxboroughComments Off on Carleton Ladies Choir – Summer Concert 2018
Carleton Ladies Choir hold their annual summer concert this Saturday evening, from 7pm at Carleton Village Hall. There’s lots of music, including an Abba song performed as a flute solo, a medley of British rugby songs sung by a male voice choir, a wide variety of choral music from the choir themselves, plus lots of audience participation (should you wish… Read more »